Sextans

Human wizards determined this to be a 150-degree arc and split the day into two sextans of 75 degrees.

Sextans as a constellation covers a rather dim, sparse region of the sky.

Gynacantha sextans is a species of dragonfly in family Aeshnidae.

It has been described as similar to the Sextans Dwarf Galaxy.

Which way is up and which way down, whether toward Sextans or Aquila, would be a matter of arbitrary choice.

North of Hydra is another seemingly boring constellation, Sextans the Sextant.

Gynacantha sextans.

WASP-43 is a K-type star in the Sextans constellation.

The Latin words sextans and quadrans are the source of the English words sextant and quadrant.

The sextans was an Ancient Roman bronze coin produced during the Roman Republic valued at one-sixth of an as (2 unciae).

At 4.3 million light-years away from Earth, Sextans A is one of most distant members of the Local Group, and is notable for its peculiar square shape.

Five planetary nebulae have been identified in Sextans B. It is one of the smallest galaxies in which planetary nebulae have been observed.

It forms a pair with its neighbouring galaxy Sextans A. It is a type Ir IV-V galaxy according to the galaxy morphological classification scheme.

The most common design for the sextans was the bust of Mercury and two pellets (indicating two unciae) on the obverse and the prow of a galley on the reverse.

The membership of NGC 3109, with its companions Sextans A and the Antlia Dwarf, is uncertain due to extreme distances from the center of the Local Group.

Mints bronze asses and its lead divisors (semis, quadrans, triens, sextans) about mid 1st century BCE, in Latin alphabet with marine motives (tunas, dolphins, several kinds of boats).

Sextans A, a member of the local group, has a box like form due to its expanding shell of young blue stars, but it has a much lower mass and density, and includes a central disc which LEDA 074886 does not include.

Some of the dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way are Canis Major Dwarf (the closest), Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, Ursa Minor Dwarf, Sculptor Dwarf, Sextans Dwarf, Fornax Dwarf, and Leo I Dwarf.